The 17th Filmfare Awards were held on May 11, 1970, recognising the best Hindi cinema films released in 1969.

Aradhana led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Jeene Ki Raah with 6 nominations, Ittefaq with 5 nominations, and Aashirwaad and Anokhi Raat with 4 nominations each.

Anokhi Raat won 4 awards, including Best Screenplay (Hrishikesh Mukherjee) and Best Dialogue (Anand Kumar), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.

Rajesh Khanna received dual nominations for Best Actor for his performances in Aradhana and Ittefaq, but lost to Ashok Kumar who won the award for Aashirwaad.

Main awards

Best Film Aradhana Aashirwad Jeene Ki Raah

Best Director Yash Chopra – Ittefaq L. V. Prasad – Jeene Ki Raah Shakti Samanta – Aradhana

Best Actor Ashok Kumar – Aashirwad Rajesh Khanna – Aradhana Rajesh Khanna – Ittefaq

Best Actress Sharmila Tagore – Aradhana Asha Parekh – Chirag Nanda – Ittefaq

Best Supporting Actor Pran – Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool Ashok Kumar – Aashirwad Balraj Sahni – Ek Phool Do Mali

Best Supporting Actress Tanuja – Paisa Ya Pyaar Bindu – Ittefaq Farida Jalal – Aradhana

Best Comic Actor Mehmood – Waris Johnny Walker – Haseena Maan Jayegi Mehmood – Meri Bhabhi

Best Story Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool – Vasant Kanetkar Aashirwad – Hrishikesh Mukherjee Aradhana – Sachin Bhowmick

Best Screenplay Anokhi Raat – Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Best Dialogue Anokhi Raat – Anand Kumar

Best Music Director Jeene Ki Raah – Laxmikant–Pyarelal Aradhana – S.D. Burman Chanda Aur Bijli – Shankar-Jaikishan

Best Lyricist Chanda Aur Bijli – Gopaldas Neeraj for Kal Ka Paiyya Aradhana – Anand Bakshi for Mere Sapno Ki Rani Jeene Ki Raah – Anand Bakshi for Badi Mastani Hai

Best Playback Singer, Male Aradhana – Kishore Kumar for Roop Tera Mastana Chanda Aur Bijli – Manna Dey for Kal Ka Paiyya Jeene Ki Raah – Mohammad Rafi for Badi Mastani Hai

Best Playback Singer, Female Jeene Ki Raah – Lata Mangeshkar for Aap Mujhe Acche Lagne Lage Inteqam – Lata Mangeshkar for Kaise Rahun Chup Chanda Aur Bijli – Sharda for Tere Ang Ka Rang

Best Art Direction, B&W Anokhi Raat – Ajit Banerjee

Best Art Direction, Color Tamanna – A. R. Kakkad and Baburao T. Poddar

Best Cinematography, B&W Anokhi Raat – Kamal Bose

Best Cinematography, Color Duniya – Faredoon Irani

Best Editing Nanha Farishta – B. S. Glaad

Best Sound Ittefaq – M. A. Shaikh

Critics' awards Best Documentary Then, The Rain

Biggest Winners Anokhi Raat – 4/4 Aashirwad – 1/4 Aradhana – 3/9 Ittefaq – 2/5 Jeene Ki Raah – 2/6 Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool – 2/2

See also 19th Filmfare Awards 18th Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards

References

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000245/1970/